Fernando Di Leo: The Milieu Trilogy
Di Leo was a prolific filmmaker who explored the political extremism and mafia corruption in Italy during the 1970’s. Master of garish, intricately plotted, ultra-violent stories about pimps and petty gangsters, Di Leo has perfected the genre with an uncanny accuracy. Di Leo’s films demonstrate the degradation of the working classes and how the mafia corrupted them. Though he slipped out of public consciousness after his death in 2003, his works have been revived and shown at the Tate Modern in London and The Venice Film Festival where Quentin Tarantino admitted that Di Leo truly inspired him to make gangster films.
Caliber 9
- Sun, Mar 9
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Fernando Di Leo Run Time: 102 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1972 Language: Italian
Starring: Barbara Bouchet, Frank Wolff, Gastone Moschin, Luigi Pistilli, Mario Adorf
Just out of prison, ex-con Ugo Piazza meets his former employer, a psychopathic gangster Rocco who enjoys sick...
The Boss
- Sun, Mar 16
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Fernando Di Leo Run Time: 109 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1973 Language: Italian
Starring: Antonia Santilli, Corrado Gaipa, Gianni Garko, Henry Silva, Richard Conte
A hitman finds himself embroiled in the middle of a Mafia war between the Sicilians and the Calabrians.
The Italian Connection
- Sun, Mar 23
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Fernando Di Leo Run Time: 100 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1972 Language: Italian
Starring: Adolfo Celi, Henry Silva, Luciana Paluzzi, Mario Adorf, Woody Strode
When the Godfather signs your contract... there's no place in the world you can hide!